Lawyer Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, counsel for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Sunyani East Communications Officer, Baba Amando, who is being prosecuted for publication of false news, launched a blistering attack on the judge hearing the matter after court proceedings on April 14, 2026.
Baffour Awuah, who is also the Member of Parliament for Manhyia South, was aggrieved by the fact that the judge hearing the matter, Justice Kunza, remanded his client for two weeks.
Speaking to the media after the proceedings, the lawyer accused the judge of being partisan, suggesting that his actions showed that he was a member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).
“I am in my 16 years of practice, I've never publicly criticised a judge. Never, it is never my practice. It's not something I want to do. I am always reluctant. I defend the judiciary. But in this instance, I think that Justice Joseph Kunzu, very respectfully, the only thing different from him is that he's not wearing an NDC flag or paraphernalia. That is the only thing that distinguishes him from a member of the NDC.
“This is so bad. I've never seen it before a judge. Look, let me restrain myself. It's so bad. Never, in my own 16 years, I've never, ever criticised a judge. But I've seen a judge who the only difference between himself and a member of the NDC is that he's not clad in an NDC flag,” he fumed.
He added, “A judge is supposed to be an independent-minded person. I'm so surprised. The only thing which is different, which distinguishes him from a member of the NDC, is that, sitting there, he was in a wig and gown. That is the only thing that distinguishes him.”
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